Title: VILLAIN
Synopsis: A post-"Villain" episode fanfic. Dawn
asks Clem about Spike's plans.
Rating: PG
Date Written: Saturday, May, 2002
Author: The Resident Vampyr © 2001-2002.
Note: Villain is the 20th of a series of
post-episode fanfictions based on Buffy, the Vampire Slayer
season 6 episodes. I will try to write a short, mostly
Spike/Buffy story every week for the entire season. Again, these
are pure speculations. I don't read spoilers no early bird
review. Let me know what you think.
Credits: Buffy the Vampire Slayer is the property of Joss
Whedon and the powers that be.
Characters: Buffy Dawn Clem Xander
Anya Spike
"She feels safe with him. We
don't have a choice, Xander.
Right now - he's all we've got." - Buffy
Xander hanged up the phone
and walked slowly towards the table where Buffy and Anya were
seated. They were at the Magic Shop.
"That was Tara's dad," he said glumly. "They're be
coming by tomorrow."
All eyes were fixed at the center of the table, they were
regrouping themselves. Anya looked back at Xander, considering
what he just said; a thought brewing in her mind.
Buffy couldn't believe what Willow did to Warren. It was so cruel
and inhumane. The Willow she knew was kind, level-headed,
forgiving. She would not harm another human being, much less kill
one. What has happened to her best friend?
Willow stared at them, her voice unattached. "One
down..."
"What do we do next?" asked Xander.
"I think it's obvious that Willow will go after Jonathan
and--" replied Anya.
"...Andrew," added Buffy.
Willow needed to quench her thirst for revenge, Buffy knew that.
She also knew how it felt to lose someone you love, but it
doesn't give anyone the right to kill for revenge. It doesn't
work that way. One must not open their hearts to the dark side,
no matter what the reasons were. Buffy feared that Willow would
ultimately destroy everybody responsible for Tara's death and
whoever comes between her and her quest for vengeance, a thought
Buffy wanted to dismiss.
Thoughts raced across Buffy's mind: a bullet running through her
chest, experiencing death once again, a vampire forcing himself
to her, her mother comforting her, a baby sister crying.
"Dawn," she remembered.
***
"I love happy endings," a misty-eyed Clem spoke. He and
Dawn rented The Wedding Planner video, boy meets girl under an
unusual circumstances. Dawn didn't really liked it that much, she
felt that it was the same boring stuff told over and over again;
she even slept through half of the movie, that's how dull it was.
Dawn wished Buffy would come back for her soon. As much as she
enjoyed Clem's company, considering he was a demon, Dawn was
worried sick for her sister, and for Willow. She wished
everything was okay with them especially with Willow. It must
have been devastating for her after losing Tara.
Tara, poor Tara. Why did it has to happen? Tara and Willow
just got back together. They deserve to live happily ever after.
Why did it has to end? It was so unfair! Dawn couldn't
understand why.
If only she could talk to someone about it. If only Spike was
there.
"You love happy endings too?" asked Clem after noticing
that Dawn was also fighting back her tears. "It gets to you,
doesn't it?"
"N-no..." she spoke quietly, "I mean, it's not
about the movie. It's something else."
"Oh," said Clem. He doesn't have a clue what Dawn was
talking about. He had been in Spike's crypt watching The Knight
Rider marathon for the last 24 hours or so, and never bothered to
go out.
Dawn wasn't particularly comfortable talking about what happened
about Tara with a stranger, instead she asked about the missing
vampire.
"Where did he go? S-Spike, I mean."
"Honestly? I don't know. He didn't say much, except,"
he paused.
"Except what?" Dawn asked with curiousity.
Clem didn't want to say exactly the real reason behind Spike's
absence to the Slayer's sister. He just wanted to give Dawn a
hint or two, and let her figure it out for herself. It was
Spike's business after all, not his.
"Well, he mentioned about getting his life back. I mean,
n-not becoming human again. I-I mean, becoming what he was,
before the---," said Clem trying to clarify what he said.
"Before what?"
Clem did not say anything anymore. He never wanted to mixed
himself with the nasty business of revealing secrets anyhow.
Spike was his friend. He saw how the chip was torturing Spike.
Getting rid of it was something that had to happen.
Clem went over the television and changed the channel to MTV and
handed Dawn a bag of chips. "I still have 1 bag left!"
he reached out the chips to Dawn. "You like The
Osbournes?"
Dawn refused to change the subject, "What do you mean,
before?"
Clem was stunned. He never thought that the Slayer's sister could
be this persistent. He couldn't tell this kid about Spike's quest
for the removal of the chip. It would be the end of his TV
marathon stint, his poker-winning lifestyle, and it could be his
end, too.
"Before?" he chuckled. "Did I say b-before?"
Clem avoided Dawn's quizzical stare. "I did! I did say it.
What I meant was, before the--the break-up." Clem's face
suddenly lighted up. "The break-up, that's what I meant.
Spike wanted to get back his life with Buffy before they broke
up!" he smiled. "He's just crazy about your
sister."
Dawn was concerned about what Clem meant about Spike's plans. She
sensed something was not right. Clem was seemingly friendly and
trustworthy enough, although those weren't exactly the correct
words to describe a demon. Nevertheless, she just weren't sure if
what Clem was saying were true.
"I wish he'll come back soon," whispered Dawn, feeling
nostalgic about the vampire.
Clem sighed. Spike will come back soon, and when he does,
everything will be different, he mused. He looked sideways at
Dawn and felt sorry for her.
If only the kid knew.
***
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